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Radical Poet Steve Bloom

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2016 at 9:00am - 9:15am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    On the Old Mole Variety Hour, Bill Resnick talks to Steve Bloom, a worker, a poet, a Marxist intellectual who never entered the academy. In his writings, Steve Bloom has been discussing the sea-change in U.S. political consciousness, such that people discuss the 99% a... Read more

Portland Tenants United Protest Outside County Board

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland Tenants United protested outside the Multnomah County Board of Supervisors Thursday morning, demanding that the County act to reverse an affordable housing emergency in Portland. KBOO reporter Geoff Henderson was on the scene and spoke with an organizer about enact... Read more

Panama Papers Begin to Reveal Offshore Finances of US Individuals

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Panama Papers scandal that has shaken political and financial circles around the world has so far only lapped at the shores of the United States, but that is slowly changing. KBOO’s Sam Bouman has this report. You can also listen to full interviews with Tim Johnson of Mc... Read more

Panama Papers and the US: Tim Johnson Full Interview

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Tim Johnson is one of the reporters with McClatchy News who is examining and reporting on the massive leak of financial documents known as the Panama Papers. He spoke with KBOO reporter Sam Bouman about the emerging presence of American wealth in these documents. Read more

Panama Papers and the Pritzkers: Dennis Bernstein Full Interview

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Investigative reporter Dennis Bernstein (Flashpoints) speaks with KBOO reporter Sam Bouman about the pioneering involvement of the Pritzker family in offshore tax havens. One of the Pritzkers (whose family includes current Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker) has popped up in... Read more

New Work Requirements for SNAP Benefits Start Today

Airs at: Fri, 04/01/2016 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
New changes in work requirements for food stamp eligibility for people in Multnomah and Washington counties kicked in today. A claimant whose working hours fall below the new 20 hours per week threshold will no longer qualify for SNAP. KBOO’s Les Hudson Reports. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 28, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick and Harvey Wasserman talk about America's Astounding Human Rights Hypocrisy in light of Obama's recent visit to Cuba. Jan Haaken talks with Abdul Fofanah and Issa Kamara about the politics of Kendrick Lamar's work as a hi... Read more

Well-read Red: Black Study, Black Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel points listeners to a forum in Boston Review on "Black Study, Black Struggle," featuring statements by Robin D.G. Kelley and responses by Keeanga Yamatta-Taylor and others. She recommends the conversation to anyone interested in student Black Lives Matter  acti... Read more

The Social and Political Significance of Kendrick Lamar's Music

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Abdul Fofanah and Issa Kamara about the politics of Kendrick Lamar's work as a hip-hop artist and the power of his music in the Black Lives Matter movement.  Fofanah is co-director of the documentary, "Moving to the Beat"--a documentary about hip-hop a... Read more

Bill Resnick and Harvey Wasserman on American's Astounding Human Rights Hipocrisy

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Following President Obama’s lectures to the Cuban government on human rights, Harvey Wasserman talks with Bill Resnick about human rights in the US with emphasis on the size of the US prison population and the war on drugs. Harvey Wasserman wrote on this subject for Truth D... Read more